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Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson
Lifestyle Writer
Tom writes the lifestyle column 'Alpha Male' a 21st Century guide for men, and occasionally women!

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muscle man

Lie, Lie, Lie

Lifestyle - Modern Man
Thu, 29th May 2008

Anyone that has ever known me or met me briefly will know that I am by no stretch of the imagination an ‘alpha male’. So am I a conman for writing this article? No, like every man I have ever met, I wonder what an alpha male is.

size matters

Size Matters

Lifestyle - Modern Man
Thu, 22nd May 2008

This particular anecdote involves a public toilet in a shopping centre in Phnom Penh, three or four Cambodian men, and my willy.

Beer

A Man's Great Tragedy

Lifestyle - Modern Man
Thu, 15th May 2008

The Yorker's resident Alpha Male discusses why every man must make the ultimate choice: muscles or beer?

scales of justice

The rules of man-dom

Lifestyle - Modern Man
Thu, 8th May 2008

But flicking quickly through the rules of ‘man-dom’, something caught my eye.

PS2

Boys Toys

Lifestyle - Modern Man
Thu, 1st May 2008

Toys. You can never be too old for them. It's just that the older you get the more high tech they get

Flirting

Do you come here often?

Lifestyle - Modern Man
Thu, 13th March 2008

Alpha male considers the art of chatting up.

Boxing Gloves

Real men don't fight

Lifestyle - Modern Man
Thu, 6th March 2008

Alpha male decides that fighting is just dumb: it's best to run away.

whip

Repeat after me: I am a strong and confident man

Lifestyle - Modern Man
Thu, 28th February 2008

Alpha Male considers how not to be crushed under the proverbial thumb.

Products

Gorillas in the mist: the wonders of male grooming

Lifestyle - Modern Man
Thu, 21st February 2008

The bare necessities of male grooming to get you out of the house and onto that crucial date all spick and span.

Beer

How to be the perfect girlfriend

Lifestyle - Modern Man
Thu, 14th February 2008

A glance at the most-viewed list of the amusing instruction clips at Video Jug reveals fascinating and informative recordings such as ‘How To Kiss Someone Passionately’ and ‘How To Make Chicken Tikka Masala’. But what caught my eye was one claiming to show the viewer how to be the perfect girlfriend.

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